Cot 74 Degrees

Sin, Cos, Tan, Cot of an Angle
Function
Angle (°)

What is cot 74°?

Answer

cot 74° ≈
0.2867

Angle in radians: 74° = 37π/90. The point of the angle is in quadrant I, where cotangent is positive.

≈ — rounded to 4 decimal places. cot 74° can't be written with square roots: 74° is not a multiple of 3°.

cot 74° = cos 74° / sin 74° ≈ 0.2867

xyOP

P(cos 74°, sin 74°) ≈ (0.2756, 0.9613)

C(cot 74°, 1) ≈ (0.2867, 1) — where line OP meets the line y = 1.

All four functions of 74°
FunctionExact valueDecimal
sin 74°—≈ 0.9613
cos 74°—≈ 0.2756
tan 74°—≈ 3.4874
cot 74°—≈ 0.2867

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FAQ

What is cot 74°?

cot 74° ≈ 0.2867

Why does cot 74° have no exact value?

A trigonometric value of a whole number of degrees can be written with square roots only when the angle is a multiple of 3°. 74° is not, so no such exact form exists; the value is used as a decimal: cot 74° ≈ 0.2867.

Why does a calculator show −0.1743 for cot 74?

The calculator is in radian mode (RAD): it takes cot 74 as the cotangent of 74 radians, cot 74 rad ≈ −0.1743. Switch it to degrees (DEG): cot 74° ≈ 0.2867. In radians the value is never undefined: π is irrational, so a whole number of radians never lands exactly on an axis.